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🦁 - Ahead of kick-off against the Queensland Reds, why not compare the tour stats of this year's @lionsofficial players in our Stats Hub. Analysis. 👇 theanalyst.com/british-irish-…
24 - Jack Conan completed 24 tackles against Australia, the most of any @lionsofficial player in a Test game since the start of the 2005 tour to New Zealand; it was the first time Conan has made 20+ tackles in a Test match, in what was his 56th cap (51 for Ireland, 5 for Lions).…

5 - @lionsofficial scored 5 tries in the 2nd Test v Australia, their joint-most ever in a Test match and their most since scoring 5 v South Africa in 1974 (2nd Test); in fact, their 8 tries this year is already their most in a Test series since 1974 (10 in 4 Tests). Rampant.

5 - Langi Gleeson (@wallabies) beat five defenders on Saturday vs B&I Lions, the joint-most by a #Wallabies forward in a Test after coming off the bench since Opta began collecting this data in 2011. Destructive. #LionsTour2025 Taniela Tupou - 5 vs Uruguay, 5 Oct 2019
420 - The @lionsofficial gained 420 metres against Australia in the opening game of this year's series, their most in a Test since their final match against South Africa in 2009 (665). High. Can the Lions go on and win the series this weekend? 👇 theanalyst.com/articles/austr…
3 – Prior to 2025, the British & Irish Lions had taken a 1-0 lead in three Test series this century (2001, 2013, 2021), but lost the second Test on all three occasions, with two of those defeats coming in Melbourne. Ominous. 🔽 Read more 🔽 theanalyst.com/articles/austr…
3 - Fraser McReight won three turnovers in last weekend’s opening Test, the second time he’s won as many as three in a game for the @Wallabies, after winning four against Andy Farrell’s Ireland side last November; no Tier 1 player has won as many jackal turnovers as McReight…
Our team. Your team 🦘 Read more: wallabies.rugby/news/wallabies… #Wallabies #LionsTour2025
14 – Fin Smith made 14 tackles against First Nations & Pasifika XV yesterday, after making 15 against the AUNZ XV in his previous @lionsofficial outing – the last fly-half to complete as many tackles in a single game for the Lions was Charlie Hodgson against Taranaki in 2005…


312 – @SAJuniorRugby’s Haashim Pead (312) is just the second scrum-half to gain 300+ metres in a single edition of the #WorldRugbyU20s since Opta have collected this data, after Antoine Dupont, who gained 382 for France in 2016. Esteemed.
how many meters gained did he end up during the Tournament?
10 – @Scotlandteam’s Freddy Douglas won 10 turnovers in this year’s #WorldRugbyU20s, the most of any player in a single edition since Tommy Reffell won 10 for Wales in 2018. Pilferer.

11 – #JuniorBok Haashim Pead scored six tries and assisted a further five in this year’s #WorldRugbyU20s, with his combined total of 11 involvements being the highest of any player in a single edition of the competition since Opta have recorded this data. Future.
63 – Vusi Simphiwe Moyo was the top points scorer in the 2025 #WorldRugbyU20s, with his tally of 63 points being at least 13 more than any other player – the last @SAJuniorRugby player to score more in the competition was Handre Pollard in 2014 (65). Prolific.

11 - @GeorgianRugby’s Mikheil Shioshvili beat 11 defenders against Scotland in the 2025 #WorldRugbyU20s 9th-place final, the first time a forward has beaten more than 10 in the competition since Opta have recorded this data – his seven tries this year were also the most by a…

17 - Nicholas Champion de Crespigny (@wallabies) made 17/17 tackles vs B&I Lions on Saturday, the 2nd most of any player with a 100% success rate in a game vs Lions since Opta began collecting this data in 2009 (James Moore - 18/18 for Japan, 26 June 2021). Debut. #Wallabies
20y 320d - Since the beginning of 2011, only Jordie Barrett (20y 141d for New Zealand, 8 July 2017) has been younger & scored a try in a Test against the B&I Lions than Max Jorgensen (20y 320d) for @wallabies on Saturday. Capitalised. #Wallabies #LionsTour2025
13 - There are 13 hours to go until the first Test of the #LionsTour2025 in Australia, the same number of tries that Carlo Tizzano scored in @SuperRugby 2025 which broke the record for the most by a forward in a season. Power. theanalyst.com/articles/five-…
73% - The Opta supercomputer gives the @lionsofficial a 73% chance of winning the 1st Test in Brisbane, read our preview & find out if Andy Farrell may regret not picking the tour's standout player so far, Jac Morgan. Choices. theanalyst.com/articles/austr…
2 - Nick Champion De Crespigny (@wallabies) is set to become only the second forward since the beginning of 2011 to start against the B&I Lions in their Test debut; the other individual was also a #Wallabies player (Ben Mowen - 22 June 2013). Furnace. #LionsTour2025
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